"THE GYMNAST" COLLAGE

Recycling is so important to me and one of my evening rituals is to clip interesting collage fodder from old magazines while watching TV.  It is my down time...a time to start unwinding from the days activities and to start preparing my body for bed and a restorative sleep.  At least that is what I am supposed to do according to a Holistic Nutritionist that I have been seeing but even clipping magazines gets me excited...especially as I start imagining how I can use them in my collages. Eeeeek! A creative mind never rests!!!   

Anyway, this is a story about a gymnast turned Circus performer:

Why did she agree to do it she asked herself?  Why did she agree to stand on top of a drum, balanced on the finger of a thirty foot high statue and dressed in a lion suit?  She was a gymnast for gosh sake...not a circus performer!  If only she had said "no" when the Ringmaster asked her to fill in for one of his performers who had taken ill.  But she tried to say "no" and couldn't.  All that he had to do was flash that crooked grin of his which revealed two hidden dimples on each side of his ruggedly handsome face and she was powerless...powerless to refuse him.   

COLLAGE FROM MAGAZINES

DOODLES ADDED

FINISHED COLLAGE WITH SHADING AND LETTERING ADDED

I hope that you enjoyed the art and story.  I have always found the Circus to be fascinating!  How about you?

Until next time!

Hugs,
Ginny

ROXIE RACCOON COLLAGE

THIS COLLAGE WAS FUN!  

I didn't intend it to be a picture of a raccoon...it just happened. 

 Although, my muse must have been steering me that way.  

What would go better with all those FISH than a fish eating raccoon?  lol!

Anyway, this is Roxie Raccoon and she has a story:

She thought that she heard a rap at the door...not just any rap.  It was the same rap that her late husband used...rap...rap...rap...rap!  Four distinct raps with a rhythm only Rodney used.  How could that be she asked herself?  With her heart pounding, she quickly ran to open the door and when she did...there standing before her was a duck with the same penetrating eyes as Rodney.  "Oh my darling Rodney" she cried..."You have finally come home to me!"

Collage before embellishing with doodles and lettering 

The collage is made entirely from magazine clippings.  I love to recycle!!!

I hope that you are having as much fun as I am imagining the rest of Roxie's story!!!

Until next time!
Hugs,
Ginny